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Current Strikes in UK 'Last Resort' After Over Decade of No Pay Rises

Kirill Krasilnikov - The current worker strikes across the United Kingdom differ from similar events in the 1970s in that trade union power has been significantly curtailed and current actions are less about aggressive demands for improved standards of living and more of a last-ditch effort after over a decade…
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Gay's The Word bookshop pioneer dies at 73

Peter Dorey opened the Marchmont Street store with Ernest Hole and Jonathan Cutbill in 1979 19 February, 2021 — By Tom Foot Peter Dorey, left, and co-founder Ernest Hole on the shop’s first day TRIBUTES have been paid to Peter Dorey, one of the founders of the pioneering Gay’s The Word bookshop, after he passed away on Friday aged 73. The store in Marchmont Street, Bloomsbury, is the oldest LGBT+ bookshop in the UK and had to survive spurious raids by the authorities in the 1980s...
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Remembering the incredible life of Gay's The Word co-founder Peter Dorey

The Dorey and Gays The Word families February 18, 2021 Peter Dorey (left) with Ernest Hole. (Gays the Word) Peter Dorey, who co-founded London’s beloved LGBT+ bookshop Gay’s the Word, has died aged 73 at his home in Brighton, England. Here, his family and Gay’s the Word remember him. In 1979, Peter was one of a small group of LGBT+ activists, including Ernest Hole and Jonathan Cutbill, who established a small, specialist bookshop on Marchmont Street, Bloomsbury. Gay’s the Word was one o...
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Gay's The Word: Tributes paid to Peter Dorey who opened first LGBTQ+ bookshop

BBC News Published image copyrightGays the Word/ Instagarm image captionGays the Word co-founders Peter Dorey (left) and Ernest Hole outside the store in London the day it opened in 1979 A pioneering shop owner who opened the UKs first gay book store has died at the age of 73. Peter Dorey, who was among a small group of gay activists, opened Gays The Word in Bloomsbury in central London in 1979. The shop acted as a "safe place" for LGBTQ+ communities during a period of oppression and discrimin...
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